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From Boston, Louis would lead his family to the Philadelphia Zoo and show them Bird Lake.
離開波士頓后，路易斯會領著全家飛到費城動物園，讓他們看看鳥湖。
Here, he would be greeted warmly by the Head Man in Charge of Birds.
在這里，他會受到鳥類管理處的那個負責人的熱情歡迎。
If the Zoo needed a young Trumpeter Swan to add to its collection of waterfowl,
如果動物園需要一只小號手天鵝來增加它的水鳥收藏的話，
Louis would donate one of his cygnets, just as he had promised.
路易斯就會捐出他的一只小天鵝來，就像他曾經答應過的那樣。
In later years, Philadelphia was also the place where they would see Sam Beaver.
近年來，費城也是可以常常見到薩姆·比弗的地方。
Sam took a job with the Zoo just as soon as he was old enough to go to work.
薩姆一到大得可以出來工作時就在這動物園找了一個活兒。
He and Louis always had a great time when they got together.
他和路易斯在一起時總是感到格外的開心。
Louis would get out his slate, and they would have a long talk about old times.
路易斯會拿出他的石板，他們會久久地談起過去的時光。
After visiting Philadelphia, Louis would fly south with his wife and children
訪問完費城后，路易斯會和他的妻小們往南飛，
so they could see the great savannas where alligators dozed in the swamp water and Turkey Buzzards soared in the sky.
這樣他們就可以看到稀樹大草原了，那里有在沼澤中打盹的美洲鱷，還有在天空里翱翔的美洲鷲。
And then they would return home to spend the winter in the Red Rock Lakes of Montana,
接著他們會回到蒙大拿的紅石湖的家，
in the lovely, serene Centennial Valley, where all Trumpeter Swans feel safe and unafraid.
在那個可愛的，寧靜的百年峽谷，那個所有號手天鵝都感到無憂無慮的地方過冬。
The life of a swan must be a very pleasant and interesting life.
天鵝的生活肯定是很快樂很有意思的。
And of course Louis's life was particularly pleasant because he was a musician.
當然啦，路易斯的生活會更快樂，因為他可是一個音樂家呀。
Louis took good care of his trumpet.
路易斯對他的小號保養得非常好。
He kept it clean and spent hours polishing it with the tips of his wing feathers.
他為了保持它的清潔，常常一連花好幾個鐘頭的工夫用他的翅膀尖來擦它。
As long as he lived, he felt grateful to his father,
只要他還活著，就會對他的父親，
the brave cob who had risked his life in order to give him the trumpet he needed so badly.
對那只為了給他弄到他急需的小號而甘冒生命危險的勇敢雄天鵝充滿感激之情。
Every time Louis looked at Serena,
每當路易斯看到塞蕾娜時，
he remembered that the sound of the trumpet was what had made her willing to become his mate.
他都會記起正是靠著這小號聲他才使她愿意做他的終身伴侶的。
Swans often live to be very old.
天鵝的壽命一般都很長。
Year after year, Louis and Serena returned in spring to the same small pond in Canada to raise their family.
年復一年地，路易斯和塞蕾娜每年春天都到那個加拿大的小池塘生兒育女。
The days were peaceful.
日子在平靜中過去。
Always, just at the edge of dark, when the young cygnets were getting sleepy,
每逢天快黑下來，小天鵝們想要睡覺之際，
Louis would raise his horn and play taps, just as he used to do at camp long ago.
路易斯總會舉起他的小號吹熄燈號，就像他很久以前在夏令營里所做的那樣。
The notes were sad and beautiful as they floated across the still water and up into the night sky.
這旋律是憂傷的，甜美的，它從寂寂的水面蕩過，一直漾進夜空里。
